On May 7, 1:26 am, mm wrote:
On Mon, 07 May 2007 00:15:05 GMT, John~




wrote:
In article .com, Red
wrote:

Today's NASCAR race at Richmond, a car spins out and badly damages the
rear end of the car. Tubing is dragging on the track. Car pulls into
the pit for repairs. Crewman grabs a Dewalt sawsall and begins cutting
while the other crew services the vehicle. The driver takes off with
the sawsall blade hung in the tubing. The car goes out on the track
with the sawsall dragging & banging on the track. Car makes a lap and
returns to the pit. Crewman grabs the sawsall and finishes making the
cut. Now that's a durability test that Dewalt can get a lot of
"mileage" from!

-Red

Dewalt tools used to be top-of-the-line. Then they were bought by
Black and Decker. Now their tools are just very expensive Black and
Decker products with the same quality and reputation.

Driver Johnny Sauter lost five laps due to the goof.

Was this a penalty, or did he actually go that slow?

Time lost in the pits for multiple stops fixing the damage plus didn't
run well after the accident -- saw a clip on sports news last night.
No additional penalty was mentioned although NASCAR often assess after
the race on review but that is normally for willful violation type of
stuff rather than advertent misadventures such as this...